Unit 16544

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: make-up,surface 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: oven; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: multiple

Discussion: Removal of worn surface with indistinct boundaries. I started in the north since it appeared to be overlying the next layer covering F.2368 to the north. However, as I proceeded south, I had to stop and trace out two higher and ephemeral layers above this layer in the south. This may be due to the southward slope of the building and build of surface repairs or make-up. The layer was highly lensed with orange, white and dark grey ash. It was excavated down to a firespot under the middle of the unit and disturbed orange and grey layers in the southern part ( probably later), which also contained a cluster of animal bone, stones and grinding stone and lumps of plaster. There were also some fragments of obsidian and chipped stone near the firespot. In addition to the later layers and cluster, excavation just south of the firespot revealed revealed a circular cut which we thought would be the cut for the infant bural partially hanging out of the profile, but turned out to be another cluster deposit (per R.R). The unit contained high amounts of charcoal and some animal bone. 

Recognition: worn surface 

Definition: diffuse 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry and hot 

Consistency: firm to soft 

Colour: yellow-brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered with lenses of white plaster, orange, and grey ash 

Inclusions: charcoal-small and frequent; animal bone: small and occasional 

Post-depositional Features: truncated to the west 

Basal Boundary: clear, varied 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16554, 16584, 16587 below: (Click to view the record) 16538 equal to: (Click to view the record) 16551 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 22 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

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